Brokerages Set Paramount Skydance Corporation (NASDAQ:PSKY) PT at $12.85

Shares of Paramount Skydance Corporation (NASDAQ:PSKY) have earned a consensus rating of “Strong Sell” from the fifteen research firms that are covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have assigned a hold recommendation and one has issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average twelve-month target price among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $12.8462.

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price target on Paramount Skydance from $10.00 to $8.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, April 2nd. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Paramount Skydance in a research report on Friday, March 27th. Guggenheim upped their target price on shares of Paramount Skydance from $11.00 to $14.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, March 3rd. Zacks Research raised shares of Paramount Skydance from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Bank of America cut their price target on shares of Paramount Skydance from $13.00 to $11.00 and set an “underperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, March 10th.

Paramount Skydance Stock Down 4.5%

Shares of NASDAQ PSKY opened at $11.27 on Tuesday. The business has a 50-day moving average of $10.53 and a two-hundred day moving average of $12.91. The company has a market capitalization of $12.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.59 and a beta of 1.37. Paramount Skydance has a 1 year low of $8.61 and a 1 year high of $20.86. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.03, a current ratio of 1.26 and a quick ratio of 1.12.

Paramount Skydance (NASDAQ:PSKY) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The company reported $999.00 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.02) by $999.02. Paramount Skydance had a positive return on equity of 3.82% and a negative net margin of 2.15%.The business had revenue of $8.15 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.17 billion. On average, analysts forecast that Paramount Skydance will post 0.79 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Paramount Skydance Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 1st. Investors of record on Monday, June 15th will be given a $0.05 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 15th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.8%. Paramount Skydance’s dividend payout ratio is 31.75%.

More Paramount Skydance News

Here are the key news stories impacting Paramount Skydance this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Warner Bros. Discovery stockholders approved Paramount Skydance’s acquisition, a key vote that materially advances the $110B deal and reduces a major execution uncertainty for PSKY. This is the primary positive catalyst supporting the stock. WBD Stockholders Approve Transaction
• Positive Sentiment: Internal Paramount materials show 2026 streaming growth targets and rising Pluto/streaming viewership, signaling potential long-term revenue upside from the company’s content and distribution strategy beyond the WBD deal. Internal Presentation on Streaming Goals
• Neutral Sentiment: Paramount continues product and UX changes (app revamp, short-form vertical feed) intended to boost engagement; those moves align with peers but are an execution story that will take time to monetize. App Revamp and Leadership Exit
• Neutral Sentiment: Paramount+ has launched short-form vertical video features to compete with TikTok-style engagement; this is a product parity move rather than an immediate revenue driver. Short-form Feed Launch
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory and stakeholder hurdles remain: the deal still needs regulatory approval and faces resistance from Hollywood unions and state attorneys general, keeping execution risk and potential delays on the table. Regulatory and Union Resistance
• Negative Sentiment: Shareholders rejected Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav’s proposed golden parachute, a governance flashpoint that highlights internal frictions around the transaction and could add short-term volatility. Zaslav Pay Rejected

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in Paramount Skydance by 0.4% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 36,006,077 shares of the company’s stock valued at $482,481,000 after buying an additional 132,613 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp purchased a new position in shares of Paramount Skydance during the third quarter worth approximately $524,371,000. Invesco Ltd. increased its holdings in shares of Paramount Skydance by 1.0% in the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 15,406,791 shares of the company’s stock valued at $206,451,000 after acquiring an additional 155,679 shares during the period. Contrarius Group Holdings Ltd increased its holdings in shares of Paramount Skydance by 52.9% in the 4th quarter. Contrarius Group Holdings Ltd now owns 15,088,097 shares of the company’s stock valued at $202,180,000 after acquiring an additional 5,221,622 shares during the period. Finally, Barclays PLC purchased a new stake in Paramount Skydance in the 3rd quarter valued at $258,196,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 73.00% of the company’s stock.

About Paramount Skydance

Paramount Skydance Media Group (Nasdaq: PSKY) is a media and entertainment company created through the proposed combination of Paramount Global’s filmed entertainment and streaming operations with Skydance Media, a privately held content studio. The combined business will encompass the development, production and distribution of feature films, television programming and digital content, drawing on a library of legacy Paramount Pictures franchises alongside Skydance’s blockbuster tentpoles and animation slate.